Kosovo War
NATO bombed Serbia
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict fought in 1998–1999 between Yugoslav and Serbian forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army, an ethnic Albanian insurgent group seeking independence for Kosovo.
NATO intervened with a bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999, leading to the withdrawal of Serbian forces and the establishment of UN administration over the territory.
The war resulted in widespread atrocities, mass displacement, and eventual Kosovo independence in 2008, though Serbia and some nations still do not recognize it.
Western defense organization
- airstrikesMilitary attacks from aircraft
- MilosevicSerbian nationalist autocrat
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
humanitarian crisis · refugees · displacement · atrocities · mass graves · paramilitary · insurgency · ceasefire
Former South Slav federation
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- AlbaniaBalkan Peninsula country
- MacedoniaAncient realm, modern nation
Pristina · Belgrade · Adriatic · Slobodan Milošević · Balkanization · Islam
Systematic removal of populations
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- segregationForced separation by group
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
displacement · minorities · pogrom · expulsion · repatriation · missing persons · identity
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
declaration · sovereignty · nationalism · liberation · referendum · constitution
International peace oversight body
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- international lawRules governing relations between countries
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
NATO
Western defense organization
- airstrikesMilitary attacks from aircraft
- MilosevicSerbian nationalist autocrat
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
ethnic cleansing · humanitarian crisis · refugees · displacement · atrocities · mass graves · paramilitary · insurgency · ceasefire · peacekeeping
Yugoslavia
Former South Slav federation
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- AlbaniaBalkan Peninsula country
Macedonia · Pristina · Belgrade · Adriatic · Slobodan Milošević · Balkanization · Islam
ethnic cleansing
Systematic removal of populations
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- segregationForced separation by group
animosity · displacement · minorities · pogrom · expulsion · repatriation · missing persons · identity
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
recognition · declaration · sovereignty · nationalism · liberation · referendum · constitution
Security Council
International peace oversight body
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- international lawRules governing relations between countries
Kosovo WarRwandan genocide
1994 Tutsi mass killing
Rwandan Genocide · non-intervention · appeasement · isolationism · Munich Agreement
war, warfare, wars, warring, warlike, warlord, antiwar, wartime, warmonger